Power-shovel



F. R. SILLS.

POWER SHOVEL'r' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1919- 7 1,337,332, Y Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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FREDERICK E. SELLS, 0F ELMWOOD, NGRTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-HALE EABQLZ'NA MOTOR COMFANY, 0F STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnonmcn R. thus, a citizen of the United States, residm at Elmwood, in the county of Iredell and tate of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power- Shovels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to power operated shovels principally used in road making and specially adapted for shoveling top so l; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a power shovel constructed according to this invention. Fig.2 is a plan view of the same.

A motor car or automobile of any approved cons'truction is used in carrying out this invention, and it has a frame 2, eng ne 3 and road wheels 4:. The main driv ng shaft 5 of the engine is preferably arranged to run centrally and longitudinally 1n the frame, and the machinery for driving the car from the engine is not shown as it 1s of any approved sort. D

A large shovel or scoop 6 1s provlded, and is secured to two arms 7 whlch are pivoted by a shaft or pins 8 to the frame of the car at about the middle of its length. These two arms are arranged one on each side of the car, and are lon enough to project beyond its front end. he free end portions of the arms are secured to the end portions of the shovei which is large enough to extend across the end of the car frame. A receiving box or hopper 10 is supported by the frame, and is arranged to the rear of the pivots of the arms of the shpvel.

A winding shaft 12 is journaled 1n bearings 14 arranged below the car frame a little to the rear of the shovel pivots, and it has winding barrels 15 secured one on each end portion of it. Flexible connections 16, such as cords or chains, are wound on the barrels 15, and are attached to the shovel or its arms.

' A lightframe or support 17 1s provided and is secured to the car frame 2, and 18 are guide sheaves journaled in the frame 17 and supporting the intermediate portions of the flexible connections at suitable points above the car frame and engine. T he Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2@, 192t Application filed January 14, 1919. Serial No. 271,027.

rear guide sheaves are arranged a little 1 the rear of the pivot shaft or pivot pins The winding shaft 12 is driven from the engine shaft 5 by intermediate driving mechanism of approved construction. in the example shown, two friction driving wheels 20 and 21 are splined on the engine shaft, and are provided with any suitable means for sliding them longitudinally, such as a lever 22. A friction driven wheel 24 is arranged between the wheels 20 and 21, and it is secured on a shaft 25 journaled in the frame. A worm 26 is secured on the shaft 25, and gears into a worm wheel 2? secured on a countershaft 28 which is also journaled in the frame. A-beveled toothed plmon 30 is secured on the countershaft 28, and gears into a beveled toothed wheel 31 secured on the winding shaft 12.

I slides rearwardly off the shovel, and falls into the box 10. The motion of the winding mechanism is then reversed, so that the shovel is lowered to its original position.

Springs 32 are preferably secured to the car frame, and are arranged in the rearward path of the arms of the shovel. These springs are compressed by the arms, and they operate as bufi'ers, and assist the re turn movement of the shovel until its arms have passed over the vertical centerline of the ivot shaft or pivot pins.

VV hat I claim is: I

The combination, with a motor car, of arms pivoted to the middle part of the car frame, a shovel secured to the free end portions of the arms and adapted to engage with the ground in front of the car, a countershaft journaled longitudinally of the car frame, a worm wheel secured on the countershaft, a worm gearing into the said worm wheel, reversible intermediate driving de vices operatively connecting the said worm with the driving motor of the car, a winding shaft journaled crosswise of the car frame, beveled toothed wheels connecting the countershaft with the winding shaft, winding barrels secured on the winding shaft and arranged one on each side of the ear frame, front and rear guide sheaves supported above the front and middle portions of the car frame, the rear uide sheaves being arranged to the rear 0 the pivots of the said arms, and flexible connec- 10 In testimony whereof I have afiixed my 15 signature.

FREDERICK R. SILLS. 

